On this day: September 3

UPDATED 2:00 AM EDT Sep 03, 2014

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OTD September 3 - Sun Myung Moon

2012: Sun Myung Moon, the religious leader best known as the founder of the Unification Church and for his claim that he was a messiah, dies at age 92 in Gapyeong, South Korea, after suffering multiple organ failure.

The American Revolutionary War ends, baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb collects his last hit, the Allies declare war on Germany during World War II, and a U.S. Supreme Court chief justice dies, all on this day.